What is most significant is that the particular tradition of ‘Mothering Sunday’ – as found in the UK, Ireland and some ...

In these first two weeks of Lent, we've begun a new stage of our Holy Year pilgrimage. We've seen human frailty and the glory of what humanity can become. The temptations initiated Jesus' journey ...

Being reconciled to the God of compassion is bound to have a transformative effect on the one who is reconciled, That person ...

Sunday, March 30, is the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; ...

The variable nature of Mothering Sunday results from the fluctuating calendar of Lent, making its date different each year. In contrast, the US celebrates Mother’s Day on a fixed day, the second ...

16 March, Genesis 15.1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3.17-4.1; Luke 13.31-end COMMENTING on the opening section of this Gospel passage, Rudolf Bultmann confessed: “I have no explanation to offer of ...

Sunday, March 16, is the Second Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14; Philippians 3:17-4:1 or Philippians 3:20-4:1; Luke 9:28b-36. The event of the ...

As for the second statement in the father’s final words, it is echoed, centuries later, in the lyrics of a well-loved Christian song. “I once was lost but now I’m found” goes the song, inspired by ...

Thinking of Lent as a pilgrimage has the potential ... was already modeled by Jesus in this Sunday’s readings. The second reading accentuates the ultimate purpose gained through steadfast ...

Lent 2025 will end on Thursday, April 17 and Easter Sunday 2025 will fall on Sunday ... the most unusual Easter date is March 22. The second place goes to April 24, and the third place goes ...

Not many years before that, namely in 567, the second Council ... as they do in Lent. There are only in the Offices for the saints, whose feasts occur between November 14 and the Sunday nearest ...

Think of all the Evangelical Christian voters who hailed Trump as the second coming of Christ. He is certainly not Jesus of Nazareth. Finally, we are called to pray in Lent. And that may be the ...